Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Spectacled Tyrant

Hymenops perspicillatus

The Spectacled Tyrant (Hymenops perspicillatus) is a 23 g wetland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

23 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Reserva Natural Playa Penino (Uruguay); Laguna del Diario (Uruguay); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile); Estero Mantagua (Chile); Ceibas (Argentina).

Photo: (c) Leo Lagos, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist